Tasted blind: Pale and pure fruit but pretty soft and lush. Chablis-like fruit but just fruit, no mineral texture. Seems like an '03, maybe an '01 that's had time to soften up.
Tasted blind: Hue similar to the last but darker. Leathery, cinnamon nose, light and lacey on the palate with a sticky finish. My guess was Volnay [and if there's some Volnay in here I'll be quite impressed with myself].
Tasted blind: Mute nose but impressive breadth on the palate, falling in soft layers of light though somewhat dry and tannic red fruit. Less intense than all the wines that followed but also less primary.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Tasted blind: deep, dark nose of berries and earth. Pure dark fruit on the palate, elastic in texture and very light in tannin; I [incorrectly] surmised vintage 2000, and many people guessed Vosne.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Tasted blind: Explosive gamey nose which I actually liked but Wasserman and Geri ID'ed as reduction, and it did dissipate within a few minutes. Smooth entry and a spicy finish.
2003 Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis
Tasted blind: Pale and pure fruit but pretty soft and lush. Chablis-like fruit but just fruit, no mineral texture. Seems like an '03, maybe an '01 that's had time to soften up.
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2004 Domaine de la Madone Beaujolais-Villages Le Perréon 83 Points
France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages
Tasted blind: magenta color and a juicy nose, smells like Beaujolais but it's not extreme and might easily be a 2003 A.O.C. Bourgogne rouge.
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2002 Domaine de Montille Bourgogne 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
Tasted blind: Hue similar to the last but darker. Leathery, cinnamon nose, light and lacey on the palate with a sticky finish. My guess was Volnay [and if there's some Volnay in here I'll be quite impressed with myself].
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2002 Domaine Michel Voarick Aloxe-Corton 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Aloxe-Corton
Tasted blind: Mute nose but impressive breadth on the palate, falling in soft layers of light though somewhat dry and tannic red fruit. Less intense than all the wines that followed but also less primary.
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2002 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Tasted blind: deep, dark nose of berries and earth. Pure dark fruit on the palate, elastic in texture and very light in tannin; I [incorrectly] surmised vintage 2000, and many people guessed Vosne.
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2002 Domaine de L'Arlot Nuits-Saint-Georges 85 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits-Saint-Georges
Tasted blind: mute nose. Very smooth entry of dark, rubbery fruit. Long, tannic finish with a blueberry backdraft.
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2002 Domaine Jean Grivot Vosne-Romanée 84 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée
Tasted blind: Mute nose. Well-proportioned but a totally anonymous wine, not much to observe besides its dark fruit and noticeable tannic grip.
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2002 Sylvie Esmonin (Michel et Fille) Gevrey-Chambertin 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Tasted blind: Explosive gamey nose which I actually liked but Wasserman and Geri ID'ed as reduction, and it did dissipate within a few minutes. Smooth entry and a spicy finish.
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